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A crazy-eyed teenager in a clown costume allegedly stabbed an elderly man to death and left his body in the street \u2014 after he was filmed walking up to a neighbor\u2019s house, staring directly into the security camera, and whispering \u201cI\u2019ve been looking for you.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The masked and bespectacled 15-year-old, who has not been identified, was seen approaching an East St. Louis, Ill., home in an evil-looking black-and-red clown suit and glaring bug-eyed into the camera, the nightmare-fuel footage shared widely on social media shows.<\/p>\n

\u201cI\u2019ve been looking for you,\u201d he chillingly says to the camera before calmly sauntering off the porch and going around the back of the house.<\/p>\n

The footage of the teen shows a timestamp of 9:11 p.m. on Monday \u2014 less than an hour before police responded to a report of a body found in the road nearby, KMOV reported.<\/p>\n

The victim, identified as John Wesley Allen Sr., was found dead just after 10 p.m. from multiple stab wounds, according to police and the St. Clair County Coroner\u2019s Office.<\/p>\n

The juvenile suspect was quickly identified and was found at a residence where he was taken into custody, Illinois State Police said Tuesday.<\/p>\n

\u201cVideo footage of the suspect dressed in a clown costume has been circulating and ISP is currently working to collect all relevant video,\u201d ISP said in a statement.<\/p>\n

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No additional details about the killing have been released. The motive or relationship between the victim and perp wasn\u2019t immediately known.<\/p>\n

Lee Palmer told KMOV that his mother was home alone when the creepy clown suddenly appeared on their front porch. <\/p>\n

He lurked around the property for several minutes and went behind the house, he said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cI couldn\u2019t believe it. He was dressed in the clown outfit,\u201d Palmer said. \u201cThat was kind of spooky for her.\u201d<\/p>\n

He said he was immediately terrified the clown was \u201cgoing to kill everybody in the house,\u201d Palmer said.<\/p>\n

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\u201cWhy out of all the houses, why come to this house?\u201d he wondered.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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